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Is it gray or grey?

How do you spell gray? Grey or gray?

lioness

Mastermind

Posts: 1615

3+ Months Ago

Cold Canuck wrote:

lionking wrote:

I agree with meman 100%.I think Cold Canuck is the 'one at sea' here

Feel free to, but I'm not the one who is unreasonably making demands that two large countries change the way they write a dozen or so words, just to satisfy some archaic sense of ownership of a language.And by his own admission, he is less angered by the actual use of these words as by the idea that they would be considered "correct".

Sorry, but there are far more important things in life to get bent about.

Regards,

C.C.

*psssssssssssss*

eR1c

Born

Posts: 1

3+ Months Ago

I found this site because I have been using "gray" for so long but just got chewed out by my boss for spelling "grey" incorrectly (as "gray"). He said I needed to pay better attention to detail. -So I looked this up to be sure, and it seems that both uses are correct, yet no way I can tell him that. -Just have to suck it up I guess.

I hate the word "gray" or "grey"!

MasterZ

Expert

Posts: 699

Loc: Colorado Springs

3+ Months Ago

That sucks, how could your boss get to such a high position without even knowing how to spell gray?

Unless he's an old British guy trying to hang on to his ways while sucking you in with him.

Dictionary says "grey" is a variant of "gray"

Hmm, while messing around with the dictionary my wife told me to look up the spelling of potato.

Gray is the American version, and Grey is the English version. For the most part gray seems to be used more than grey. The both mean the exact same thing though, and they are both correct, just different dialects.

This was my understanding too; like Color vs Colour

Anyway, shouldn't it be: #333 ? lol

Randomality

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Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

voodish wrote:

Bigwebmaster wrote:

Gray is the American version, and Grey is the English version. For the most part gray seems to be used more than grey. The both mean the exact same thing though, and they are both correct, just different dialects.

This was my understanding too; like Color vs Colour

Exactly what I was going to quote and say.However I like memans definition.

meman wrote:

The correct spelling is grey..

It's one of them words, Like colour, That americans spell wrong.

I don't know if anyone uses and noticed Firefox will try to correct 'grey' but allows gray, Gray and Grey, since it's an American application (Could be wrong, if not they are conforming the American convention)

david murphy

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Posts: 1181

3+ Months Ago

Try this gr*y

Randomality

Guru

Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

We have a conclusion!?

spork

Brewmaster

Posts: 6256

Loc: Seattle, WA

3+ Months Ago

Since gr(a|e)y is simply just a mixture of white and black, I'm going to start calling it whack.

Randomality

Guru

Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

Whack it is then.

shyguyjeff

Graduate

Posts: 213

Loc: Philippines

3+ Months Ago

I agree with spork. Let us call it whack.

Bogey

Genius

Posts: 8417

Loc: USA

3+ Months Ago

whack? why not blite?

shyguyjeff

Graduate

Posts: 213

Loc: Philippines

3+ Months Ago

hmmp...it can be as long as they were pronounce and spelled diffrerently.

Bogey

Genius

Posts: 8417

Loc: USA

3+ Months Ago

like blite and blight?

shyguyjeff

Graduate

Posts: 213

Loc: Philippines

3+ Months Ago

hmmmp...I don't think so...

Randomality

Guru

Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

What if they were spelt the same but pronounced differently, like semi-black.

Bogey

Genius

Posts: 8417

Loc: USA

3+ Months Ago

that would drive people nuts.

shyguyjeff

Graduate

Posts: 213

Loc: Philippines

3+ Months Ago

I agree with Bogey.

Randomality

Guru

Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

Well I was just conforming to everything else in the English language.

Bogey

Genius

Posts: 8417

Loc: USA

3+ Months Ago

Hahaha, your evil Randomality.

Randomality

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Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

I'm not trying to be, but I'm not trying not to be.

Bogey

Genius

Posts: 8417

Loc: USA

3+ Months Ago

That what are you trying to be that you aren't trying to be?

Randomality

Guru

Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

No, I'm not trying to not be trying to not trying.

shyguyjeff

Graduate

Posts: 213

Loc: Philippines

3+ Months Ago

Trying to be not to be trying to not trying?

Randomality

Guru

Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

No, I am not trying to be anything in regards to being evil or not evil.

Bogey

Genius

Posts: 8417

Loc: USA

3+ Months Ago

but your still somewhat evil.

Randomality

Guru

Posts: 1058

Loc: Bathurst, Australia

3+ Months Ago

No I'm not, it's just a simple fact that your morals are different than mine that make myself appear evil to you.